The course will provide knowledge on the different types of georesources. Theorical, technical and applied aspects of resource exploitation, and potential negative consequences, will be discussed; real case histories will be presented. The first part of the course deals with water resources; the second part will focus on hydrocarbon geology, mineral resources and geoheritage.
The course is delivered for 2nd year students (old course, 4 credits) and for 1st year students (new course, 6 credits).
Expected outcomes
At the end of the course, the student will have learned the key concepts on geological resources exploitation and related impacts; the student will be able to apply and communicate theorical knowledge in a multidisciplinary environment.
Knowledges:
- Understand the different types of georesources, their characteristics and potential environmental impacts.
Ability to apply the knowledge:
- Apply the basic theorical concepts in the field or laboratory.
- Understand and comment scientific literature and technical documents written in English
- Evaluate different approaches, identifying relative advantages and criticalities.
- Integrate multidisciplinary information and, if not complete or not in agreement, critically evaluate them.
- Realize a technical report after the field and laboratory experiences, describing and analyzing the collected data.
Communication skills:
- Synthetize relevant information and to communicate to professionals
- Write a technical report.